Ice-cream dipper



June 2. l 925 O. H. SCHMELTER I CE CREAM DI PPER Filed Oct. 17A, 1923 ffl - lllll Patented .lune 2, 1925.

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Application filed October 17, 1923. Serial No. 66,9,15.

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Be it known that I, Osoixn H. SGI-IMELTER, a citizen of the` United States, l'esidi-ngat Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and use- 'l'ul Improvements in Ice-Cream Dippers, of which the lollowing is a specification.

The dipper ot this invention is designed to dip cream for general use but is particularly advantageous in dipping cream for use with cones. As ordinarily practiced thel cream is scooped with a dipper and is discharged by a wiping blade into the cone.l 71th such a dipper the cream entering theA cone is not formed to contormto the cone and there is quite a wide variation .in the amount oi' cream delivered to the cone. IVith the present invention the cream is discharged in the form oa cone so as to nicely contorni. to the cone shape and gives a measured quantity for each conc. VDetails of the construction and other features ot the invention will appear from 4the.specification and claims.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows :u

Fig. 1 shows a plan View of a dipper.

Fig. 2 a side elevation, partly in section, on the line 2 2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a section on the line 3--3 in Fig. 2.

Fig. l a section on the line 1-4 in Fig.' 2.

Fig. an end elevation of the dipper showing the dipper sections in open position.

The dipper is mounted von a two-part shank formed of two walls 1 and 2, these shank parts being secured together by screws lf. The shank is provided with a projecting handle 3.

Parallel shafts 4 extend 'through the shank, the front ends being journaled in ends 5 of the shank and the rear ends extending into a rear face 6.

Hubs 7 are. `formed on the front ends of the shafts and dipper sections 8 and 9 are mounted on the hubs, the section 9 having an overlapping lip 10 so as to thoroughly seal the sections when they are closed. The upper edges of sections form a flange 1l when closed forming a circle, or cutting edge for the cream.

A hinge plate 12 connects the outer ends of the sections by means ot' hinge pins or rivets 13, these pins being in alinement with the shafts 4. The edge of the clipper adjacent to the hinge is cut away at 14 so as to permit ofthe swingingoit'` the sections rela-f tive-ly to each other as in closed position as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and l1 and in open posi.- tion as shownin Fig, 5,

The shafts are rocked preferably by the following,mechanism: Each shaft is provided with a smallpinion 15. Ilach pinion. is provided with a small flat surface 16. A push` pin 17 is slidinglyv mounted in openings 18 and 19 in housings 2O and 21 respectively, thek housings being `formed in the shankparts 1 and 2. The push pin has a portion 22 adapted to operate betiveenthe .iiatsurface 16 to lock the pinions 15 in position to lock the shafts 4; with the sections 8 and 9 in closed position sothat with thepush pin `in its upper position as shown in' Fig. the dipper `sections are closed` and locked closed. Rack teeth23 are formed n onl the pin 1,7 aboveI the flat surface 22 and these are adaptedto "engage, teeth `241 of the 'pinions 15 `to. rock the `shaft as the push` pin 17 is` depressed. A `shoulder 25 is formed below the fiat surfaces A22 on the pin 17, and aA springf26is arranged around the pin engaging the shoulder and seating` on the bottoni of the housing 21. `Thisyield-V ingly holds the push pin in its upper position and in positiontolock the dipper sections in closed position. Y f

A handle 27 is secured to `the upper end of the pin-17 by a screw 2S.

The handle 3 has a bolt 29 embedded in it which extends through an opening 30 in the ends of the shanks 1 and 2 and into a plate 31, the plate extending across the rear of the shank and having openings receiving the shafts 4L and assisting in forming bearings for these shafts.

In the operation of the dipper, a quantity of cream is taken by the ordinary dipping action lling the clipper' with a slight surplus extending above the clipper. The dipper is then held over the cone, the push pin depressed, thus opening the clipper sections. As the dipper sections swing the circular edges 11 shave or cut oit the surplus at the top of the mass giving it a dome-shape. As this clipping action is completed by bringing the edges 11 together as shown in Fig. 5 the cream is dropped with a cone-shaped bottom into the cone.

What I claim as new isz- Y 1. In an ice cream dipper, the combinau tion of two hinged dipper sections having top cutting edges; and means for opening the sections to discharge the cream and swinging the top edges together to cut the surplus cream from the cream discharged.

Q. In an ice cream dipper, the combination of two dipper sections; rocking shafts on which the sections are mounted; means :for rocking the shafts; and a hinged plate at the out-er end of the dipper sections, said plate being pivotally connected with the sections with pivots in line with the shafts.

3. In anice cream dipper, the combination of two dipper sections; rocking shafts on which the sections are mounted; means for rockingthe shafts comprising pinions on the shafts,.and a push pin having oppositely placed racks operating on the pinions; and a handle in which the shafts are journaled having guides for the push pin.

a. In an ice cream dipper, the combinak tion of two dipper sections; rocking shafts on which the' sections are mounted; and means for rocking the shafts vcomprising pinions on the shafts the pinions having locking surfaces thereon, and racks operating the pinions, said racks having locking surfaces operating with the locking surfaces; of the pinions to lock the dipper sections in closed position.

V5. In an ice cream dipper; the combination of two dipperA sections; rocking shafts on which the sections are mounted; and means for rocking the shafts comprising pinions on the shafts, said pinions having locking surfaces, and a push pin having opposing racks operating' on the pinions, said push pin having the locking surfaces operating with the locking surfaces of the pinions to lock the dipper sections in closed position. a Y

6. In an icecream dipper, the combination of two dipper sections; rocking shafts on which the sections are mounted; means for rocking the shafts, comprising pinions on the shafts, a push pin having opposingly placed racks operating on the pinions, and a spring returning the push pin; and a handle in which the shafts are journaled having guides for the push pin and a spring socket in which the spring is arranged.

7. In an ice cream dipper, the combination of two dipper sections; shafts on which the sections are mounted; a two-part shank in which the shafts are mounted, said shank forming a housing for the shafts; and a` handle secured to the shank.

8.y In an ice-cream dipper, the comhination of two dipper sections; shafts on which the sections are mounted; a two-partshank in which the shafts are` mounted, said shank forming a housing for the shafts;-

and means mounted within the shank for operating the shafts.

9. In an ice cream dipper,` the combination of two dipper sections; shafts on which the sections arc' mounted; a two-part shank in which the shafts are mounted, said shank'forming a housing for the shafts; a plate within the shank having journals to the shaft; and av handle secured to the shank having `a bolt extending into the plate.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

OSCAR H. SCI-IMELTER 

